Daniel Interprets the Second Dream
Daniel 4:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
- KJV
- This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
- WEB
- “This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king: “This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:
- ASV
- this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
- LSV
- This [is] the interpretation, O king, and it [is] the decree of the Most High that has come against my lord the king:
- YLT
- 'This [is] the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it [is] that hath come against my lord the king:
- DBY
- this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:
- DRC4:21
- This is the interpretation of the sentence of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king.
- GNV4:21
- This is the interpretation, O King, and it is the decree of the most High, which is come vpon my lord the King,
- JPS4:21
- this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,
- LXXE
- this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Leningrad Codex reads עִלָּיאָ֙; read aloud (Qere) reads עִלָּאָה֙ (“Most High the”).
- Written (Ketiv): עִלָּיָא. Read aloud (Qere): עִלָּאָה֙ (“Most High the”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Leningrad Codex reads מָרִ֥אי; read aloud (Qere) reads מָרִ֥י (“lord my”).
- Written (Ketiv): מַרְאִי. Read aloud (Qere): מָרִ֥י (“lord my”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC4:21
- דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עליא הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מראי מַלְכָּֽא׃KJV:Dan.4.24Read aloud as (qere): עִלָּאָה֙Read aloud as (qere): מָרִ֥י
- LXX-Br
- Τοῦτο ἡ σύγκρισις αὐτοῦ βασιλεῦ, καὶ σύγκριμα ὑψίστου ἐστὶν, ὃ ἔφθασεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν βασιλέα,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My…
- Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Job 1:12–19“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were…
- Isaiah 14:24–27The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people,…
- Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Psalms 148:6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:21 in some Bibles
- 4:24 in most Bibles